Fuel-saver and smoke-consumer.



L. D. WEST.

FUEL SAVER AND SMOKE CONSUMER.

APPUSAIGN FRED IUNE l2. I9Il.

Patented May 2l, 1918.

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:Illiw I.. D. WEST.

FUEL SAVER AND SMOKE CONSIIMER.

APPLICATION FILED )UNE I2. 19H.

Patented May 2l, 1918.

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LEONIDAS D. WEST, OF DENVER, COLOMBO.

FUEL-SAVER AND SMOKE-CONSUMER.

Application led June 12, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LnoNiDAs D. VVns'r, a, citizen of the United States,resdin r at Denver, in the county of Denver and tate` of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in FuehSaverS and.Smoke-Consumers; and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to those devices intended to augment combustion bythe iujcc tion of a restrictrd quantity ot highly heated air or otherHuid into the combustion chambers or other suitable parts ot coolstoves,ranges, small furnaces, Water heatv ers, and analogous fuel burningmeans.

The principal object of thc invention is to provide a device of theclass described which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured andmarketed, and readily applied to numerous types of stoves, ranges andthe like, without making any alterations whatever in the constructionthereof, and with this general object in view, the invention resides iuthe novel features of construction lo be hereinafter fully described andclaimed` the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanyingdraw ings which torni a part of this specification and in which:

Figure l a longitudinal section ol one form of the invention showing thesame apv plied to the door of a small furnace or water heater;

Fig. 2 is, a transverse section ou the plane ot' the line of Fig. 1;

Fig, 3 is a trout elevation of a range with parts broken away to showthe application of the invention thereto; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on the plane of the line 4-4 ofFig. 3,

In the drawings above briefly described, the numerals 1 and 1 designatea pair of elongated hollow bodies formed of castiron, steel or any othersuitable material.. ln fact, these devices could well bc formed of fireclay should occasion demand. The body l is oi' cylindrical shape and isadapted for application upon small furnaces or water heating devices asshown in Fin*I l, whereas dat, heilig of substantially oval shape intransverse scction, this type of the device being intended principallyfor use in the upper tlues of Bpeolcation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

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cook stoves and ranges such as that illustrated in Fig. 3. For applyingthe device as Shown in Fig. l, a fluid supply pipe 2 will pass throughthe door 3 With the inner side ot' which the adjacent `end of the body lcontacts, the outer end of said pipe being provided with a suitable pipeconnection 4 which is threaded into tight contact with the, outer sideof the door to hold the device in operative position thereon. Theconnection l is shown provided plug valve whereby the amount of airpassing therethrough may be, readily controlled. lf steam, oil` or thelike isto 'le passed through the pipe El into the body l, another typeof valve will necessarily be employed, bul since the up ropriatc typesare well known to those skilllcd in the art, further explanation anddetailed description need not be given.

When the invention is applied as illustrated in Fig. 3, a comparativelylong fluid supply pipe 2 leads from the exterlor of the stove or rangeto the hollow body 1", the outer end of said pipe being provided with aplug valve 5* and with a pet cock 5" as illustrated in the drawings.Both types of the invention employ a substantially semicircular fluidspraying head 6 which. is provided with a tubular perforated neck 7extending through an opening in one end of the body into the interior ofsaid body. It will be observed that, the neck 7 is of considerably lesssize than the body 1 or l' with which it cooperates1 said neck thereforeserving to choke down the rush of air through the drum. so that thelatter serves as an effective means for heating such air, after whichheating it is discharged through the neck into the head 6 and is sprayedfrom the latter through a plurality of fine per4 for-ations 8 therein.The air or other liuid, when discharged in this manner, mixes thoroughlywith the flames and hot gases in the stove, furnace or the like, andgreatly increases combustion. By so augmenting combustion, theaccumulation of soot and carbon is reduced to a minimum and since all ofthis usually waste material is consumed, less fuel is required toproduce the same amount of Work.

Numerous modifications of the invention mav he made Within the scope ofthe a pended claims, but the essentials remain t e same, that is ahollow drum, a pipe for supplying a fluid to one end of seid drum, and

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F. N. .Bmeus, O. J. CLARK

